Why am I getting 'null' when I try to access my String Array?

Question

I am simply trying to access my array(items[j]) which I filled by doing this:

                            for(int j = 0;j<items.length;j++){
                            for(int i = 0;i<prices.length;i++){
                                items[j] = x.next();
                                System.out.print(items[j] + ", ");

                                prices[i] = c.nextDouble();
                                System.out.printf("$%.2f \n", prices[i]);

The Code above works as intended, however a 'null' problem occurs when I try access the array(items[j]) outside the for loop. Like this:

    System.out.printf("%s, ", items[5]); //accessing 6th item on the menu(Coffee)
    System.out.printf("$%.2f", prices[5]); //accessing 6th items price.(2.59)

My Output:

null, $2.59

It seems to work for the Prices array, just not for the Items array.

My Expected Output:

Coffee, $2.59

Here is my full code if there is any confusion:

            int size = 1000;
            String [] items =  new String[10];
            double [] prices = new double[size];
                System.out.println(" ");
                    File fileText = new File("inventory.txt");
                    Scanner x = new Scanner(fileText);
                    x.useDelimiter("[^A-Za-z]+"  + "[^A-Z a-z]+");

                    Scanner c = new Scanner(fileText);
                    c.useDelimiter("[^0-99.99]+");
                    try{

                        System.out.println("The items in inventory.txt are: ");

                        while(x.hasNext()&&c.hasNext()){
                            for(int j=0;j<items.length;j++){
                                for(int i = 0;i<prices.length;i++){
                                    items[j] = x.next();
                                    System.out.print(items[j] + ", ");

                                    prices[i] = c.nextDouble();
                                    System.out.printf("$%.2f \n", prices[i]);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    x.close();
                    c.close();
                    }   
        catch(NoSuchElementException g){
            System.out.println(" ");
        }

        System.out.printf("%s, ", items[5]); //accessing 6th item on the menu(Coffee)
        System.out.printf("$%.2f", prices[5]); //accessing 6th items price.(2.59)

The text file my program is reading, (inventory.txt):

Espresso, 2.10

Mochaccino, 5.99

Irish Coffee, 7.99

Caffe Americano, 6.40

Latte, 1.99

Coffee, 2.59

Cappuccino, 3.50

blackCoffee, 8.90

whiteCoffee, 5.54

yellowCoffee, 4.80

greenCoffee, 6.12

purpleCoffee, 3.54

Answer 1

Try this. I avoided using the delimiters because they are not necessary and I removed a useless for-loop which was also contested in a comment by MarsAtomic...

What is the purpose of nesting your for loops like that? The data file doesn't suggest that each item has multiple prices... You can (and should) be reading a full line of data on each iteration of a single loop. Try that and then see if your problem doesn't magically go away.

public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException {
    int size = 1000, commaIndex = 0;
    String[] items = new String[10];
    double[] prices = new double[size];

    File fileText = new File("inventory.txt");
    Scanner c = new Scanner(fileText);
    try {
        System.out.println("The items in inventory.txt are: ");

        while (c.hasNextLine()) {
            for (int j = 0; j < items.length; j++) {
                String line = c.nextLine();
                // Empty line is scanned so i need to decrease j
                // in order to have the right indexes for items and prices
                if (line.isEmpty())
                    j--;
                commaIndex = line.indexOf(",");
                items[j] = line.substring(0, commaIndex);
                prices[j] = Double.parseDouble(line.substring(commaIndex + 2));  
            }
        }
        c.close();
    } catch (NoSuchElementException g) {
        System.out.println(" ");
    }

    System.out.printf("%s, ", items[5]); //accessing 6th item on the menu(Coffee)
    System.out.printf("$%.2f", prices[5]); //accessing 6th items price.(2.59)

}